The Bronze Sponge to Kjetil Bjorvatn
Professor Kjetil Bjorvatn is described as engaging lecturer with tremendous knowledge of his field and for his pedagogical abilities and his efforts to include current issues in the curriculum.
The Bronze Sponge to Otneim and Berentsen
This autumn, NHHS and the Student Committee have the honour of presenting the lecturer award on behalf of the bachelor students to Håkon Otneim and Geir Drage Berentsen for digital innovation.
Håkon and Geir receive the award for the course MET4 – Empirical Methods.
From the Student Committee's statement:
"The nominations highlight the recipients’ approach to digital teaching. Regular lectures have been replaced by a number of short videos on each topic, which has proved to be a well-suited solution for this course. The feedback indicates that this solution is so good that it should also be considered for later semesters.
The nominations also endorse the lecturers’ teaching skills, which is especially transparent in their ability to explain complex and abstract concepts in a simple and understandable way. Furthermore, the lecturers have received complements on their strong focus on providing understanding to the students through the use of relevant examples.
There is no doubt that Håkon Otneim and Geir Drage Berentsen have done an excellent job in a challenging semester and are worthy winners of the Bronze Sponge for the autumn 2020."
the Bronze Sponge
The Bronze Sponge was first awared in 1972 to share an appreciation for lecturers that in the students’ eyes have made an extraordinary effort at teaching in bachelor courses.
